Trying a Labour Party Webinar
Last night I took part in a Labour Party video webinar with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Faiza Shaheen. Both were impressive speakers, coming across very well and appearing passionate and knowledgeable about the issues of the current election campaign.
There were around 3000 people taking part, using Zoom video conferencing software - it worked well.
The format was a half hour discussion by the two main panellists plus a couple of guests, a 15 minute presentation of some Labour Party campaigning software, then a short Q&A session with John and Faiza answering questions raised by participants. Text chat was enabled for all participants.
It was good to see a new way of electoral candidates presenting their ideas in a political campaign. I only had two criticisms - the Q&A session could have been longer and the chat needed some moderation (it was spammed sporadically by a few users).
Apparently sometimes I’m a Morning Motivator and sometimes a Sunrise Sloth. Thanks Nescafé.
Good that I can still use my old iPod touch as a music player to some extent. Catalina syncs my music library with iOS 5.1.1 so long as tracks are ripped from CD, manually added audio files or purchased from iTunes. Tracks downloaded via Apple Music subscription do not sync.
Cat on a (not Hot Tin) Roof
Bunch of Grapes. Drinking a Mosaic Pale Ale by Grey Trees Brewery
🔎 Zoom in
Not again! England beat New Zealand in super over to win T20 series 3-2. Haven’t watched it yet but sounds like Chris Jordan’s performance was crucial - link 🔗🏏
Weekly 🎵 — ♫ My Top 3 artists: Tamino (24), Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (16)
Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery.
🔎 Zoom in
Delico Deli. Americano and toastie ☕️
🔎 Zoom in
New buildings near Cardiff’s Principality Stadium take advantage of all the available space.
Courier delivery at 11:33 this morning. Driver left our property at 15:36. He inexplicably reversed his lorry off our drive into soft ground. An impressive recovery vehicle had to completely lift the rear of the vehicle out of the mud. DX - Delivered Exactly!
England beat New Zealand in the 4th T20 match to level the series 2-2. Good to see an outstanding performance from England after a couple of defeats. Deciding match is at Eden Park, Auckland on Sunday - but from what I’ve heard the weather forecast is not good :( 🏏
Evening T20 match in New Zealand means that at least I’m up early enough in the UK to see half the match. NZ chasing England’s 241-3 have got their work cut out for them - they started scoring well but have just lost 4 wickets in the last 20 minutes… 🏏
Sunny and warm enough to be sitting outside this afternoon with a coffee and a book. And two cats…
Forward Arts Foundation in conversation with Fiona Benson — link 🔗
